Haitian Creole

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Are you a Haitian?

Yes. Born in Port-Au-Prince, raised at Arcahaie west of Haiti.
and you? your creole is good.

Good grief! That means you could end up with a sentence like:The ladies love their beds - Fanm yo remnen kabann yo yo!!AAANNNMMMMWEEEEEYYY!! lmao

Ha! ha! yes! Just, Fanm yo renmen kabann yo.
Your Creole is great. Keep it up!

I don't understand "yo"! It's a pronoun, but you put it behind words to make them plural, so how do you know which one you have in a sentence?

When "yo" follows a subject or noun, it's a plural definite article.
example:
Ti moun yo - the children
kabann yo - the beds
fanm yo - the women, the ladies
Kabann yo chè - the beds are expensive
fanm yo kontan - the ladies are happy.

When "yo" follows a verb, it's an object pronoun.
example:
gade yo - look at them
m renmen yo - I love them
li manje yo - he ate them

When "yo" comes before a verb, it's a subject pronoun.
example:
yo kontan - they are happy
yo pale anpil - they talk a lot
yo sezi - they are surprised

:) "yo" is also a possessive adjective when it follows a noun.

example:
kay yo a bèl - their house is beautiful
machin yo a twò chè - their car is too expensive
lekòl yo a piti - their school is small.

Sometimes it helps to look at it in the context of a sentence.

Find the meaning of yo in the following 2 sentences.

1. yo renmen machin yo anpil.

2. papa yo mouri. Sa fè yo tris.
hope that answers your question.

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yon zanmi

a friend

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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

What are Valentine's Day colors in Haiti?

Generally pink - with a little white and red.

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you are sexy

Ou anfòm!
Ou byen kanpe!
Ou gen fòm koka!

(Use either one of these 3 sentences if you're addressing a female person)

And, if you're adressing a male person, you'd say:

Ou byen kanpe!

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how do you say lets get free?

Let's get free - An nou libere tèt nou.

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I've seen the soursop fruit in Haiti. Where can I find it in the US? How do you make a soursoup fruit smoothie, and what do you call it?

Soursop - corosòl
smoothie - ji blende
soursop smoothie - ji corosòl
Find it in Supermarket freezer section of ethnic food under the spanish name Guanabana.
If you have a whole soursop fruit, you'll need to peel it, take out all the seeds and put the pulp in a blender. Add sugar, carnation milk, vanilla or almond extract, and some ice. Blend it.

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